Fran Turisco, H&HN Daily
“The care team approach, as described in Part 1 of this series, is designed to let patients take on a more active role in managing and monitoring their health. They are in charge of measuring and reporting vital signs, taking medications and following their care plan on a daily basis, thereby sharing the care with providers.
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Nicole Lewis, InformationWeek Healthcare
“As IBM increasingly focuses on helping physicians connect smartphones, tablets, and other devices to electronic medical records (EMRs), the company recently announced that it will incorporate some of the sophisticated analytics technology used in its Watson supercomputer into its Health Analytics Solution Center.
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chiscosayans, doctordoctores
“Mucho se ha hablado de las ventajas de la eSalud. Una de las más importantes es la de tener asistencia médica incluso cuando estés lejos de los médicos y los hospitales. Muchas empresas punteras del sector han estado trabajando, y continúan en ello, para que esta idea, que hace unos años parecía ciencia ficción se convirtiera en realidad.
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Melody Smith Jones, Healthcare IT Solutions
“Health information exchange, accountable care, interoperability and the merging healthcare industry are forming an environment where electronic patient data is being combined at a record pace. With dreams of a national patient record database, initiatives are brought forth in hopes that we can improve care, decrease costs, and create a healthcare industry that is more accountable for care across the continuum. I am more optimistic than most that this can become a reality. I am downright gleeful to personally witness the increased rate at which we are sharing data to improve care, innovate, and conduct incredible medical research.
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Rob Brull, HL7 Standards
“There is little doubt that the first time you see the HL7 v3 RIM, or Reference Information Model, it will make you wonder how someone thought that this could make things easier. One of the key thoughts in moving from HL7 v2 to HL7 v3 is that the new v3 would be a model-driven methodology.
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Health Data Management Magazine
“Heart & Vascular Center of Arizona was one of 150 provider organizations that successfully attested to meaningful use of electronic health records on April 18, the first day that attestation was available under the Medicare incentive program.
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Jenny Laurello, HealthITExchange
“It seems like many health care providers have been so busy architecting their state HIEs, regional health organizations and enterprise community platforms that they haven’t thought through the architectural demands of resiliency. So they don’t have a good answer for the question, “What happens if I lose all or part of my network in a disaster?”
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Brad McCarty, TNW
“The idea for our running theme this week was to talk about things that can help to improve your health. You see, we have some very healthy people around here at TNW. Courtney Boyd Myers is a fan of bending herself into unnatural positions and calling it yoga, Zee appreciates traveling great distances on foot and ending up in the same place he started. Some call it running. Joel Falconer and I? We call it madness.
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Medical News Today
“New mums are four times more likely to stop breastfeeding after eight weeks, than mothers who have received text message support, according to a world first study by Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
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Hiep Nguyen, Vector
“Once a year, I lead a group of dedicated volunteers from International Volunteers in Urology (or IVUmed) to a remote part of the world to help train local physicians to care for children with urological problems, in particular congenital anomalies of the genitourinary tract. Despite these conditions being common – they affect between two and 15 percent of all children – very few physicians are specifically trained to take care of children who have them.
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Milt Freudenheim, The New York Times
“Federal health officials call it the Wall of Shame. It’s a government Web page that lists nearly 300 hospitals, doctors and insurance companies that have reported significant breaches of medical privacy in the last couple of years.
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Kevin B. O'Reilly, amednews
“Technology that helps physicians remotely track more patients in intensive care units also improves care outcomes, according to a Journal of the American Medical Association study published in May that contradicts research finding no benefit.
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Samji N, Rappaport P. ElectronicHealthcare, 10(1)
Toronto East General Hospital implemented CPOE and eMAR in 2009 for all inpatients and day surgery patients. The organization undertook quantitative and qualitative to demonstrate the impact of the investment.
Results on adoption/use demonstrated a high rate of adoption. In the first two weeks, all inpatients charts were converted to electronic charts. Clinician satisfaction was higher for nursing and allied staff compared to physicians, but was overall very positive. Areas for improvement included impact on workflow and the admission process for physicians. All groups agreed that quality of care and legibility of orders improved. To support evidence-based care, the number of order-sets has increased threefold.
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Pamela Lewis Dolan, amednews
“As more medical mobile applications get developed, one thorny question has arisen: Is there anyone who should be verifying whether these apps are effective and safe?
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El cuaderno de bitácora de Fran Sánchez
“Hace pocos días tuve una reunión con una empresa que vino a ofrecer sus productos al hospital. Estaban todos muy relacionados con informática sanitaria e innovación, de ahí que se vieran conmigo.
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The Argus
“Emergency workers at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton scrambled into action when a 56-year-old woman was taken into the accident and emergency unit showing symptoms that she was having a stroke.
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Pia Rufino, Asia Pacific Futuregov
“Taiwan is using an innovative health IT to create outstanding e-health services and deliver quality medical care, Department of Health Minister Chiu Wen-ta has said.
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Brian T. Horowitz, eWeek
“IBM has announced an expansion of its Analytics Solutions Centre, in Dallas, to connect US medical data to mobile electronic health records (EHRs) using natural-language processing and technology similar to that used with its Watson supercomputer.
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John Moehrke, Healthcare Security/Privacy
“The oldest of the IHE Security Profiles is still a useful and foundational one. The Enterprise User Authentication (EUA) Profile addresses the issue of user authentication for the multitude of users in healthcare: a doctor, nurse, technician, etc; across the multitude of systems they need to login to; and in a way that does not result in ‘post-it’ notes plastered all over the computer screen.
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Canada Health Infoway
“With more than 5,700 telehealth systems in at least 1,175 communities across the country, Canada is a global leader in improving access to care by connecting patients and care providers in different, and frequently, remote locations, according to a new national study released today, announced Dr. Jennifer Zelmer, Senior Vice-President, Clinical Adoption and Innovation, Canada Health Infoway.
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